Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
December 25 2005

More like this

Open the gallery
December 25 20052005-12-25December 25 20052005-12-25December 25 20052005-12-25August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01Photograph of the colourful gopuram entrance of Kanjanoor Agniswarar temple, with tiered painted towers in pink, blue, green and yellow, a white bull carving with a deity figure on the gateway shrine niche, and orange-and-blue pillars flanking the doorway. In the foreground a crowd of about ten men in white dhotis and shirts, a girl in a patterned dress, and uniformed police stand near the entrance. A large banner on the left shows a saffron-robed figure with a crown or turban and garlands beside a smiling devotee; the figure's appearance is not clearly confirmed from the image.2012-05-16A photograph of a colourful gopuram-style temple gateway with a richly sculpted tiered superstructure painted in turquoise, pink, orange and cream, filled with carved deity and figure reliefs. A plaque in the gate arch reads Tamil 'சிவ சிவ'. A small group of people walks through the passage: men in white dhotis and shirts, and a man in saffron/orange robes in the centre. A woman in a blue sari stands at the right edge. A loudspeaker is mounted on a pillar at the gate.2009-08-01August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01May 30 20122012-05-30Colourful gopuram temple entrance of Kanjanoor Agniswarar temple, tiered tower painted in turquoise, red, yellow and blue with stucco figures, a relief of Nandi bull carrying Shiva and Parvati above the gateway, and orange-and-white pillars flanking the doorway with stone lion guardians. Four men in shirts and trousers stand near the entrance, including one in pink shirt and one in white shirt beside a uniformed police officer. Motorcycles are parked at right and a banner with a painted figure leans on the left side of the courtyard.2012-05-16May 30 20122012-05-30October 16 20062006-10-16February 06 20172017-02-06